ControlHub YC Application

Winter 2021Inactive

ControlHub went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2021
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 22
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2023

Founders

Rodrigo SantibanezFounder
Leonardo de la CerdaFounder

What ControlHub does

ControlHub automates the Procurement and Accounts Payable process of mid-size companies with intuitive purchasing software and AP solutions. Key features: Purchase Requests generation, Purchasing Approvals, Purchase Orders (PO), Bill processing and payments, sync with ERPs such as Quickbooks and NetSuite.

ControlHub's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

ControlHub, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ControlHub

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Purchasing Software | Procure-to-Pay SaaS

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built ControlHub to automate procurement and accounts payable for mid-size companies. Our product covers purchase requests, approvals, purchase orders, bill processing, payments, and syncs with ERPs like QuickBooks and NetSuite. It simplifies a complex finance workflow that typically involves manual errors and delays.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We both live remote, and the company is remote-based as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Operating remotely lets us access talent and customers without relocation constraints, which suits our distributed team and mid-market users across different regions.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ControlHub YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from ControlHub's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like ControlHub would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.